SURVIVAL INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED

How to Survive in the Woods - Janet Lee Voss, agriculture and self-sustainability expert discusses how to live as normal a life as you can if you are forced to live off the land in the woods. She covers daily activities and how to stay healthy and alive in these unique conditions.

Day One:
1: Look around you and see what you have at your disposal. Vines are useful. Identify the types of trees. Is there dried brush that can be used as kindling? Are there any natural shelters? Water sources?

2: Find tools. Sharp rocks for tools, sticks and branches for shelter and to use for roasting animals, shells, thin vines, thick vines, and any discarded items like twine or tin or aluminum cans.

3: Look for easily accessible food and water. Are there edible plants around? Nuts, greens or berries? Is there a creek or a stream nearby? Gather what you can and make a note for what to come back for later.

4: Build shelter: You will need shelter for the first night in order to stay warm and to be protected from the elements. Even a heavy dew can be a problem when you are exposed out in the open. Look for a cave or a fallen tree that you can lean branches against. Pine branches are great for insulation.

5: Revisit your food and water options. Drink from the cleanest source you can find and gather any food that you can collect and store for a day or so. It isn’t necessary at this point to trap and cook anything...

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Wildlife Trapping - Have you ever thought about what animals you would hunt for if you had to live off the land? Survivalist and military veteran Dave Scott discusses how we wouldn’t necessarily be hunting big game like deer, but rather smaller animals... Then he gives us the CRITICAL INFORMATION on how to design traps and be a successful small game hunter!

Wildlife trapping can be a very challenging pursuit. It is my experience that people who are learning this skill often spend a lot of time learning how to build and trigger primitive snares and traps and not so much time on the more in depth and challenging study, where to set traps for a successful harvest and what, if anything, to bait them with.

The skills of wilderness survival, wildlife tracking, and knowledge of the natural world cannot be separated from one another. A great trap in a bad location will be ineffective 100% of the time.

Without knowledge of animal behavior and animal tracks, determining where to set a trap is nearly impossible.

The only way to truly learn these things is to spend time in the outdoors looking for tracks and signals that can give you a window into animal movement through a landscape. Reading a good field guide to animal tracks and behavior can supplement your time in the field and boost your knowledge...

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Canning Food: Making the Most of Your Food for Long-Lasting Shelf Lives - Eric Pickhartz, an expert in the field of canning and preservatives (he wrote a book on it) shares with us the knowledge of how to preserve food... not only for the short-term, but for long-term storage as well.

Times are tough, and odds are they are only going to get even tougher. Do you have a “just in case” food supply? Most people that answer “Yes” to this will undoubtedly have some ration bars or dehydrated food in their pantry. However, with a few simple supplies and knowledge you can easily have food that is almost as equally nutritious and delicious as the fresh picked variety from your garden. Canning food is not only enjoyable, but also a cost-effective and efficient method for proper food storage.

Canning is almost a lost art. Our grandparents and great grandparents would have canning parties and storage sheds or root cellars full of food. But they lived in a time where you had a very limited supply of grocery items available at the store. Even if the stores were fully stocked, they may not have been able to get there for days or weeks on end, whether by distance or economic strain.

As a society, we have shunned the art of canning our own food and been spoiled by the Jolly Green Giant and Bush’s Beans. Canning is an essential skill that is needed to live as comfortable as possible during times of economic distress...

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How to Make Rawhide and Tan Leather - Whether for hobby or survival, Janet Lee Voss uses her vast knowledge to teach us how to make viable products from animals on the land.

Don’t be fooled into thinking you have to shoot a deer in order to get a useful amount of animal hide for making leather - even the skin of a rabbit can make a piece of rawhide big enough for a pouch, some shoes, or a bowl.

Rawhide Vs. Tanned Leather

Rawhide and tanned leather are two different materials. Rawhide is just what it sounds like-rawhide. Once the hair has been removed, the hide is stretched and dried. It then can be cut up and used in a variety of ways. Tanned leather is worked with a variety of substances so that it is flexible and pliable. Both have their uses.

Removing the Hide

Before you can make leather or rawhide, you have to remove the hide.

The most useful piece of hide is one that is removed in as close to one piece as possible. When skinning an animal, leave the hide on the feet (paws) and head on the animal...

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If you want to be in the best position that you can be in a crisis or just want to get out of our current system and live on your own, this information is the way to go.

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Tim Young
Managing Editor, Absolute Rights